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The Art Deco Society NW

Upcoming Meetings

Annual Meeting January 18

Meeting postponed to March 21st

due to weather conditions

January 5, 2011

Dear Members,

Happy New Year! This letter serves as your invitation to the Annual Membership Meeting of the Art Deco Society Northwest (ADSNW) on Wednesday, January 18, 2012. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. including a light dinner, beverages, and pot-luck items.

Your attendance is very important as we want to discuss dissolving the ADSNW. The Society board and other members have noticed and been concerned for several years about dwindling membership, low attendance at programs, and difficulty in generating publicity.

As a result of these concerns and with deep regret, at the Board’s last meeting in December, the following motion was made and seconded:

The Board moves to disband the ADSNW pending a vote of the members at the Annual Business Meeting

With this important vote on the agenda, your attendance at the meeting on the 18th is urged. If you cannot attend the meeting on the 18th, please indicate your vote, sign, and return the attached ballot (see below) to Treasurer Pat Sonnenstuhl at the address indicated.

A simple majority of one will determine the outcome of the vote. All votes will be tallied and the outcome announced at the meeting. Email votes also accepted.

In closing, we extend our sincere thanks to you for your past support of the ADSNW and interest in the Art Deco era. We look forward to seeing you on January 18 at 6:30 p.m.

Sincerely,

Raymond Gunn, President

Ballot

I hereby cast my vote on the motion as follows:

_____ In favor of the motion _____ not in favor of the motion.

Member’s signature

After voting and signing, please mail (or email) this ballot to:

ADSNW

2510 Walnut Road NW

Olympia WA 98502-4110

Art Deco Society Northwest

Restoration Issues and The Olympia Bus Depot

The Bus building is transformed

Slide Show of the transformation

Evansville Greyhound Station could run again

Indiana Landmarks is hoping to move their southwestern office to this Evansville, Indiana bus terminal. (Photo: Indiana Landmarks)

In the something borrowed, something blue category, we have news out of Indiana that the statewide preservation organization there, Indiana Landmarks, is moving toward rescuing Evansville, Indiana's beloved Greyhound Terminal, which has sat vacant for four years. Pending Board approval, the nonprofit organization will convert the landmark into their southwestern regional office, their ninth in the state. The 1939 building is one of two remaining terminals from Greyhound's Blue Period in the country and the only surviving station clad in enameled-steel panels. The building's vertical neon sign is also believed to be one of a handful nationwide featuring a running greyhound.

"Everyone loves this building," says Indiana Landmarks President Marsh Davis. Some have personal associations of arrival or departure, and others just love the streamlined Art Moderne design, the colorful exterior, and, of course, the speeding greyhound.

Read more about the challenges of this particular rehabilitation and the plans for its reuse including a public comment component on the Indiana Landmarks website.